Eight million more pensioners are to receive Winter Fuel Payment as the full details of government’s major U-turn are revealed.
Tom Swarbrick is joined by Dennis Reed, the Director of the Silver Voices membership group for senior citizens.
0:01 | Tom says young people are leaving the UK due to the cost of living
2:26 | Dennis Reed says the winter U-turn is ‘what the public wants’ and that Tom is ‘well behind the argument’
All pensioners with income of £35,000 or less will have winter fuel payment restored in full. The payment, worth up to £300, will still be given to pensioners with income above the £35,000 threshold, but will then be reclaimed from them in tax
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